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[[Image:Grey_Gull.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by BirdsPeru<br>Photographed: Lima, Peru]] | [[Image:Grey_Gull.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by BirdsPeru<br>Photographed: Lima, Peru]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | This smart-looking small gull is endemic to areas where it has access to the Humboldt Current. | + | This smart-looking small gull is endemic to areas where it has access to the Humboldt Current off western [[South America]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | This is a monotypic species, which is sometimes placed in genus ''[[:Category:Leucophaeus|Leucophaeus]]''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Larus+modestus}} | {{GSearch|Larus+modestus}} | ||
− | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Larus]] [[Category:Incomplete]] |
Revision as of 20:12, 4 April 2008
- Larus modestus
Identification
Distribution
This smart-looking small gull is endemic to areas where it has access to the Humboldt Current off western South America.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species, which is sometimes placed in genus Leucophaeus.